TELEGRAPHIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3532, 2 April 1901, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH & FOREIGN United Press Association^-Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.4 a.m., April Ist. THE KAISER'S SPEECH. BERLIN, March 31. The German Press is dissatisfied with the address of the German Emperor to the officers of the Elexander Regiment of Prussian Guards, declaring that the regiment would crush with bayonets any attempt at insubordination in Berlin. REDUCTION OF SENTENCE. At the second trial of ex-Lieutenant Rueger, who was sentenced at Metz for having shot Captain Adams dead, the sentence was reduced to six years' imprisonment.

SMALLPOX. LONDON, March 31. The smallpox epidemic in Glasgow is declining. MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN. The subscriptions to the Mansion House national memorial to Queen Victoria have reached £35,000.ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. The Marquis of Salisbury is taking more nourishment and is stronger. THE PANAMA CANAL. WASHINGTON, March 31. Colombia has offered America the absolute control of the Panama Canal, with a lease of the adjacent territory for an unlimited period. Received 12.34 a.m., April 2nd. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 1. An earthquake shock, direction east to west, was felt at Constantinople at 9 o'clock this morning, and five minutes later TATAL FIRE ON A WARSHIP. A fire broke out in the sailroom of the American gunboat Petrel at Cavite. Lieu-tenant-Commander Roper went to rescue the occupants, but was suffocated and died. The twenty-two men who were prostrated are recovering. THE SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED. CAIRO, April 1. An accident to a dredger has blocked the canal. The Ophir is anchored within three hours distance of Suez. SECRET PRESSES. ST. PETERSBURG, April 1. A number of secret presses for the printing of revolutionary documents have teen seized at St. Petersburg. The majority of employees were female students. The. order for the disciplinary enrolment of the disaffected students in the army has heen rescinded. A secret committee of seventy, who were directing the recent movement, have heen captured. A HEAVY SENTENCE. Karpovitch, the murderer of Bogoliepoff, has been sentenced to 20 years' ptnal servitude.